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RANDOLPH I-IAYDEN,y OF MIDDLETOWN, OONNEOTI- OUIX ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JAMES O. FERRER, OF SAME PLACE. d

Letters Patent No. 97,194, dated Not-amber 2,3, 1869.

IMPROVE!) SHUTTER-FASTENING.

The Schedule referred to :in these Letters Patent and making part of the sanie.

cut, have invented certain new and useful Improve-1 ments in Blind-Fastening; and to enable others skilled in the art to make anduse the saine, I will proceed to describe its construction, referring to the drawings, in which the same letters indicate like parts in each of the iigures.

The nature of this invention in blind-'fasteners c'onsists cfa double fastening-hook, both parts of which can he. easily operated' from one side of the blind, while only one part can be actuated from the opposite side, in combination with a spring, to actuate one or both, singly or `jointly, and a cylindrical oase, in 'which lthey are arranged and secured for use'.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a side view of this invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional side view thereof. v

Figure 3 is aview of an actuating-spring, by which the two-part shell or case is secured together.

o is a two-part shell or case, having a screw-thread, d, formed on its outer surface.

e is a nntor six-side formation, (more or less,) by

means` of which a wrench may be applied. for turning it into theorice made therefor.

fis a slot, formed in the centre of the large end of the case.

j" is a slot, formed in the centre of the small end of the shell, in which the hook is allowed to play.

g is a spring, the peculiar formation of which is clearly shown. (See iig. 5.) lhis springis placed astride ofthe double hook and pin. The two parts, it', bear, one against the back side ofthe hook 17, and the other against the inside of the case, which actto press the hook i forward; and thc prong 7c acts against the hook i, to press it in the opposite direction, so that when 'the blind is closed, and fastened by the hook i", in the common way, it cannot he unfastened from the outside by the act-ion of the hoolg i; but when the blin'd is thrown open, the hook i can be unfastened by the action of the hook t.

I believe I have thus shown the nature, construction, and advantage of this invention, so as to enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same therefrom.

I claim, in a blind-fastener, the combination of a double fastening-hook, a a, hinged upon one fulcrum, b, with an actuating-spring,'g, and screw cylindrical case, substantially as set forth.

RANDOLPH. HAYDEN. [L. 8.]

Witnesses:

E. W. Buss, J. W. Buss. f 

